Dynamics Chapter Two: Categories of Health Services Flashcards

In the healthcare industry, what percentage of healthcare workers do hospitals employ?

39%

What are the five broad categories of healthcare?

Health promotion, disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment, chronic care, rehabilitation

What are common conditions that require rehab services?

Head Injury, limb loss, stroke

A smoking cessation class would be considered which category of healthcare service?

Disease Prevention

What types of communities do federally funded primary care health centers serve?

Medically Underserved Communities

What association was established to support 1,200 free clinics in nearly all states?

Free Clinics Association

What is a major force affecting the development of hospitals?

Advances in Nutrition Education

How are hospitals categorized in the US?

Function, length of stay, financial support or ownership

What was the purpose of the first mental health facilities?

Protect the public (they had a fear of people with mental health conditions)

What was the purpose of the Patient's Bill of Rights?

To list the responsibilities of the hospital and staff toward the patient and their family.

What was Patient Care Partnership created to do?

Replace the Patient's Bill of Rights.

The most familiar type of ambulatory care people receive is private / public practice or clinic.

Private

What is the purpose of the HHS?

To advance medicine and protect the health and wellbeing of all Americans.

The focus of public health is the ________

Community

Affordable Care Act

Act signed in 2010 that significantly increased the number of people who got access to healthcare in the US by expanding Medicare and Medicaid.

Almshouse

An institution that provided care for the disabled or ill before hospitals were created.

Ambulatory Care

Health care provided out of institutional settings, such as clinics.

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Public health program in which states collect data on behaviors that increase risk for chronic disease. Statistics are reported to the National Center of Health Statistics, a division of the CDC.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

A division of the HHS which focuses on the spread of disease. Tracks the health of the nation and provides support for identifying and treating infectious and foodborne disease.

Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics

Clinics funded by Congress to meet the demand for behavioral health services in communities impact by the opioid crisis.

Chronic Care

Care for chronic diseases, which are extremely complex and difficult to treat. One of the five main broad categories of healthcare.

Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA)

A program that provides health care to family members of veterans disabled or killed while in service.

Commissioned Corps

Health professionals who work for federal public health services in different agencies within the HHS.

Community Hospital

Short-term general and specialty hospitals

Community Mental Health Act

Law passed in 1963 to establish Community Mental Health Centers throughout the US.

Community Mental Health Centers

Established to serve mental health needs in the US to deinstitutionalize people with mental health illnesses. However, they became poorly funded over time.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Illness

One of the five main broad categories of healthcare. Consists of the identification and treating of injury or disease.

Disease Prevention Services

One of the five main broad categories of healthcare. Public health programs designed to reduce the risk of injury or illness in the workplace or for the general public.

Drug Addiction

Mental illness characterized by one continuously seeking to use drugs. Classified as a chronic relapsing brain condition. Harmful consequences include loss of employment or relationships.

Essential Hospitals and Health Systems

Facilities that provide healthcare to vulnerable populations with limited or no access to health care.

Federally Qualified Health Centers

Provides preventive, medical, dental, and mental health services to low-income, minority, and homeless individuals in underserved areas. Qualified to receive reimbursement from Medicare and Medicaid.

Free Medical Clinic

Nonprofit community or faith-based organizations that provide health care with little to no charge for vulnerable populations.

Healthcare Facilities

Settings where patients can receive medical care

Health Promotion Services

One of the five main broad categories of healthcare. Education to help clients reduce the risk of illness, maintain optimal function, and follow healthy lifestyles.

Hospital System

Organization containing multiple hospitals or at least one hospital and other healthcare facilities.

Indian Health Services

Branch of the HHS that provides healthcare for Native Americans.

Informed Consent

Process of a patient giving consent to healthcare professionals providing care, especially before an invasive procedure, using experimental drugs, or a research trial.

Mental Health Services

Diagnosis and treatment of patients with mental health disorders, including substance abuse.

Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008

Federal law that requires health insurance policies to include coverage for mental illness, including substance abuse.

National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics (NAFC)

A nonprofit organizations that supports local and regional organizations as well as volunteers to provide free healthcare to the economically vulnerable who are also uninsured.

National Center for Health Statistics

A branch of the CDC that collects statistics on factors contributing to health risks.

National Health Service Corps

An organization that negotiates agreements with various kinds of health professionals to work in underserved areas in exchange for college loan repayments and scholarships.

National Institute of Mental Health

A division of the NIH that researches mental disorders.

Patient-Centered Mental Home

A model of healthcare where primary care providers oversees the healthcare for individual patients.

Patient Care Partnership

Created to replace the Patient's Bill of Rights. Lists out things that hospitalized patients can expect from hospital staff.

Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014

Law to fund and establish comprehensive mental health and substance abuse use disorder services, such as CCBHCs.

Rehabilitation

One of the five main broad categories of healthcare. Focuses on restoring patients to normal or near-normal function after physical or mental illness.

Serious Mental Illness

A mental illness that greatly affects the patient's normal functioning. Examples include schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Social Security Act of 1935 and 1965

The former started federal funding of state health departments for maternal and child health services. The latter established Medicare and Medicaid.

When were Medicare and Medicaid established?

1965 (From the Social Security Act of 1965)

What are the six parts of Patient Care Partnership?

Help with leaving hospital, high quality care, clean and safe environment, be involved in own care, protection of information (informed consent), help with billing.

Which category of health services are immunizations?

Disease Prevention

What is an affordable option for a child who needs a physical examination?

Federally Qualified Health Clinics

What are examples of direct health services provided by the federal government?

IHS, CHAMPVA, Tricare

Tricare

U.S. government health insurance plan for all military personnel.

Exercise and aerobics classes offered by city recreation departments would be categorized as...

Health Promotion

The majority of hospitals in the US are...

Community Hospitals

What percentage of the federal health spending goes to the hospitals for patients who are enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid?

40%

The _____ monitors air and water quality and provides support in emergencies, such as during severe weather conditions that impact health and safety.

CDC

The _____ is responsible for Indian Health, Medicare and Medicaid, Tricare, CHAMPVA, research, and food and drug safety.

HHS

Is informed consent mandatory?

Yes

Hospitals are the _____ largest business in the US/

Second

As for 2019, one in _____ Americans received health care through a federally funded health center.

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